China Is Cracking Down On Cheating High School Exam Takers With Drones, Facial Recognition

"Gaokao" week in China is a stressful time for students taking college entrance exams (like the SAT or ACT in the United States) as students have high hopes of garnering acceptance to a top university and eventually landing a white collar job. With such high stakes some students, however, find themselves resorting to desperate measures for good scores. With cheating being more prevalent during "Gaokao" week, authorities are cracking down on the widespread problem among the teen students who take the two-day exam each year. After years of students using sophisticated technology like small ear pieces and wireless devices designed to look like ordinary belts, pencil erasers and more to cheat, authorities are responding with some counteractive technology. They're using drones, facial recognition software, metal detectors and more to try to eliminate cheating in all forms, reports Reuters. Some provinces in the country require that students go through fingerprint scans as well as facial recognition scans just to get into the exam.